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Up From The Bottom

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Book Title: Up from the Bottom : a Novel

Item Length: 9in.

Item Height: 0.5in.

Item Width: 6in.

Author: Alastair Sharp

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Family Life, Religious, General, Literary

Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated

Publication Year: 2008

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 11.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

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